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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 26, 1995Franklin County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 2:53 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 37 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1161 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KBOS 261853 RRA
SVRBOS
MAC011-261930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
253 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 250 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHUTESBURY
HEADING EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT NEW SALEM
...WENDELL AND ORANGE THROUGH 320 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
VALLEE/DRAG


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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.